tunic

Other forms of tunic

plural

tunics·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tunic

What does tunic mean?

tunic means "an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tunic?

tunic has 2 syllables: tu-nic. The stress falls on "tu". In IPA it is /ˈtunɪk/.

What is another word for tunic?

Close synonyms include tunica, adventitia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tunic a common word?

tunic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.